Discussion: Episode 8, The Equation Discussion Thread

"I just read the synopsis of episode 10 (unnamed as of now) and it says:

"Episode synopsis:While investigating a series of bank robberies, Olivia, Walter and Peter are shocked to find one of the suspects inexplicably trapped inside a vault wall as if it solidfied around him. Walter realizes that the high-tech thieves have figured out a way to defy the law of physics and that, much to his dismay, the crooks are after something of his. As the ongoing investigation unfolds and the mystery deepens, the perilous situation climaxes when a member of the trio is ambushed."

This fits along perfectly with what the guy at the end of the episode did. He pulled the apple through the wall of the safe."

"And what else passes through solid matter. The Thor torpedo in the Arrival - @ 2 Mhz and again at 4 Mhz. Probably a prototype gone stray - "China Syndroming" itself back and forth beneath the planet. I wonder if there is an Asian bald guy, an African bald guy, an Eskimo bald guy, and so on... all standing around their corner of the planet waiting for Thor to arrive. "

"I like your thinking out loud. I also find it hard to believe that there are a lot of physical clones of Walter, but I do believe that there are multiple Walters. These are Walters formed by the fragmenting of his psyche which occurred to prevent detection of all his secrets. They are the reason he appears to be so forgetful and spacey. How powerful these Walters are I don't know. For example, can they project themselves astrally? Can they move through time and space? Can they manifest physically? I don't know the extent of their abilities. But Walter has been able to keep his secrets from prying "visitors" for seventeen years and still keep some semblance of sanity. He obviously has tremendous mental faculties because he has been able to hold out in situations that have caused other brilliant men to crumble.

I do however think there is another "observer" who is more advanced than the bald observer we see regularly. This observer was able to enter Olivia's dream and can go undetected where the bald observer cannot go. But as for the "observer" we see, I agree it is probably just one person using principles of quantum mechanics to appear to be in more than one place at the same time."

"the observer is like an albino...I watched on my tv/dvr and it's clearly a short guy and not the pale person we've seen in other episodes."

" Just because Thor left a little dimple on entry/exit doesn't mean the safe had to have a hole left in it when Loeb pulled the apple thru, Music is about vibration and resonance (hence little Ben). .
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(Early in "The Arrival") It came from underground. The thing blasted through an unused subway tunnel into a gas main. Came to rest right on the surface. As if someone had carefully placed it there. Solid iridium? We think so, yes. Subsonic vibrations? At two megahertz, and then again at four. This thing is vibrating."

"...why was the gas main ruptured, and not just a leak for a sec as Thor passed through it? ... and it did have a screw like groove of some sort around it.. "

"Lets' see. Walter Bishop (initials W.B.) - William Bell (initials W.B.) - FRINGE filmed by Warner Bros. TV studios (sorry, bad example) ... NO ONE has seen Bell. Bishop IS Bell... Doing all his (schizo) work from St Claire's for nearly two decades... MassDyn controlled by him - not a chance... MassDyn successful without his brilliance - not a chance. Why does Doc Sumner want Bishop back at the asylum? To get on with the real work they do there. You can hang a lantern on this one - its' so obvious.
--Not sure if The Observer got a credited role this episode - but it sure is fun playing -"Where's Baldo?" every week. "

"So what exactly did that machine at the end do?
The guy put an apple in the machine, and then pulled out an apple... ;) Did I miss something?"

"How do you know there are 7 parts to the Dis-Re machine?"